Before embarking on ministry mission and a career working with youths, Billy Buford toiled off the bench for then-Memphis State.

The Memphis Redbirds will return to AutoZone Park Tuesday to begin a six-game series against the Louisville Bats.

John DeBerry, the Republican nominee for Shelby County mayor, talked on “Behind The Headlines” about state intervention in Memphis and Shelby County as well as his hopes for a gradual withdrawal of the Memphis Safe Task Force.

The decision to launch an investigation has left some of the employees who resigned feeling angry and persecuted.

The Memphis Showboats set sail out of the city last summer with their exit made official early last October. Yet that didn’t stop The Arena League from proceeding with plans, announced early last November, to award an expansion team to a region that has seen one pro-football outfit after another slip out of its grasp.

Once known as the Sandy Special, the Grill and Grind is a dish high in protein and low in carbs.

State Rep. Antonio Parkinson held a town hall meeting Thursday to discuss Tennessee’s new congressional redistricting and update attendees about the map’s legal challenges.

A Hernando High substitute was arrested yesterday, according to the DeSoto County District Attorney’s Office.

The Lakeland native started out in the children’s programs at Germantown Community Theatre, Playhouse on the Square, Harrell Theatre and New Day Children’s Theatre.

Josh Verma made it to the national spelling bee for the third straight year. Even though he was eliminated this week, the Farmington Elementary student deserves notice.